Sefaria Learning from the child who doesn't know how to ask
Sefaria Learning from the child who doesn't know how to ask Dear friend, As you may know, the Passover Haggadah provides four paradigms for the kinds of children we might encounter on seder night. The first three children pose a distinct question, but the last of the four does not know how to ask. Even for this child, though, the Haggadah provides us with an answer, prompting us to engage with all types of learners: וְשֶׁאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ לִשְׁאוֹל – אַתְּ פְּתַח לוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, וְהִגַּדְתָּ לְבִנְךָ בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר, בַּעֲבוּר זֶה עָשָׂה ה' לִי בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם. And [regarding] the one who doesn't know to ask, you will open [the conversation] for him. As it is stated (Exodus 13:8), "And you will speak to your son on that day saying, for the sake of this did the Lord do [this] for me in m